This has all the markings of a Black Friday or Holiday “special buy,” to me.

XFD10Z drill/driver

XDT11Z impact driver

XRJ04Z recipricating saw

DUB182Z blower

DML185 Xenon flashlight

2x BL1830B 3.0Ah batteries

DC18SD charger

Tool bag

This kit is quite a bit different from last year’s $299 Makita cordless combo kit, model XT505. Compared to that kit, this kit has a drill/driver instead of a hammer drill, a blower instead of a circular saw, and a [slower] standard charger instead of the typical fast charger.

My gut feeling tells me that we could see better pricing on this XT506S Makita 5-tool cordless combo kit. There are a couple of cost-cutting changes made to the kit, and so if I were to guess, I would say that we could potentially see a price lower than the $299 it’s currently listed for. If I were to guess wildly, I’d say maybe it’ll be a Black Friday 2018 special for $249. To me, that would be a “HOT BUY” price for what you get.

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I just saw the 36v saw with 4, 5.0ah batteries deal is back. I missed the track saw deal last year that might have been up there as one of the greatest tool deals ever. I think there was a similarly awesome Flexvolt tablesaw deal around the same time. Those are the types of deals that make people jump platforms.